In the ward, Zhao Hao let out a long breath, shook off the feeling of powerlessness in his heart, and asked Li Shizhen hopefully, "How confident are you?"

"It's hard to say now." Li Shizhen continued to use the golden needles for a few more times, then stopped and said, "From now on, I will give him acupuncture every day to keep him alive. Whether he can wake up depends entirely on his luck."

"Okay." Talking about trying his best to treat the patient was an insult to Li Shizhen. Zhao Hao could only say in a deep voice, "No matter how expensive the medicine is, no matter how long it takes, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, never give up."

Well, there is no difference.

"Understood." Li Shizhen nodded, and suddenly waved his hand, asking Zhao Hao to come closer, and whispered to him:

"When we were treating Lin Zhongcheng earlier, we found that he had an injury on the back of his head. Director Li determined that it was caused by a blunt object, the kind that could cause a person to go into a coma. Dean Wan deduced that the injury and coma occurred before he inhaled smoke, which is why he survived."

Seeing Zhao Hao's puzzled expression, Li Shizhen whispered, "When drunk, breathing becomes heavier, and excessive smoke is inhaled, and the person would have died long ago. On the contrary, he inhaled much less smoke than a normal person. It is obvious that he was injured and unconscious, causing his breathing to be weak. It can be considered a blessing in disguise."

After he said that, he was shocked when he looked at Zhao Hao again.

Mr. Zhao's face turned ashen, his hands tightly grasped the railing at the end of the bed, tears rolling down his face.

Zhong Cheng, he was really murdered...

This made Zhao Hao difficult to breathe, and for the first time in his life he had the urge to kill someone!

Before, whenever anyone provoked him, he would stop at the right time and try to turn the enemy into a friend.

Because he kept in mind the secret to victory, which is to make more friends and fewer enemies.

It was not until today that he realized that he was too naive and childish. He only understood the first half of the sentence but not the second half.

There are always some enemies in this world who can never become friends, and only you die and I live!

If the enemy no longer exists, there will naturally be fewer of them.

After a while, Master Zhao calmed down and turned to leave the ward.

Looking at Zhao Hao's back, Li Shizhen couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, wondering why the sponsor couldn't just be a scientist? Getting involved in those terrible things would only get him deeper and deeper...

~~

Master Zhao walked out of the ward and glanced at everyone with a cold gaze.

In his eyes, all the officials in the governor's office became suspicious elements.

Suddenly Zhao Hao discovered that there was someone missing.

"Where is Deputy Envoy Zheng?"

"He is unconscious too." Niu Qianshi leaned forward and replied, "He is lying next to me."

"Was he burned too?" Zhao Hao asked in a deep voice.

"No, it seems that Zheng Guancha was frightened by the miserable state of Zhongcheng." Niu Chenshi explained, "And he also blamed himself."

"Blame yourself?" Zhao Hao walked to the window of the next ward and saw two beds inside. A burned man was lying on one bed, and an intact middle-aged man was lying on the other. He was Zheng Yuanshao, the Susong Military Governor.

"Zheng Guancha and Zhongcheng drank together last night, and it seems that both of them were drunk." Niu Qianshi answered carefully:

"Later, the house caught fire, and Zheng Guancha ran out to find someone to put out the fire, but by the time everyone arrived at the signing room, it had already turned into a furnace. Fortunately, Captain Feng risked his life to rescue the Zhongcheng from the fire."

Zhao Hao thought to himself that the burned man was Captain Feng.

He then asked in a cold voice: "Why didn't Deputy Envoy Zheng rescue the Minister himself, instead of coming out to call for help?"

"This..." Niu Chenshi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he stammered, "Maybe one person can't carry it."

"Where is his attendant?" Zhao Hao asked.

"It's gone." Niu Chenshi's face turned pale.

"Where is Lin Zhongcheng's personal attendant?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"He died in the fire." Niu wiped his sweat and whispered to his attendants, "Go to the ward and keep an eye on Zheng. Don't let anything happen to him."

The two young and strong officials nodded in understanding, knowing that what the assistant official meant was not to let Zheng Yuanshao commit suicide or escape.

After the two men entered the ward, Niu Chenshi looked back, but found that Master Zhao was nowhere to be seen.

He actually breathed a sigh of relief.

It was really embarrassing to say that he was a high-ranking official of the fourth rank who was about to reach the end of his life, but he was actually suffocated by Zhao Hao's unrestrained aura.

How could this be the harmless boy in my memory?

Perhaps this is the true face of this young man. After all, such a talent is worthy of the special attention of the Zhongcheng.

~~

The backyard of the ward is a place for patients to rest and take a walk. There are rockery, green plants, bamboos and flowing water.

Of course, the patients were not allowed to go out for a walk today. In fact, they didn't even dare to step out of the ward door, as they would be chased back in by the vicious officials...

Zhao Shouzheng and Zhang Qi sat on a bench. Zhao Hao stood opposite them with his arms folded. He listened to the latter's low voice with a stern look:

"Yesterday morning, the Minister of War suddenly led two thousand soldiers to attack Shanghai County. Without saying a word, he issued a royal decree to seal off the Wanyuan, saying that he wanted to investigate a case of collusion with the Japanese. He ordered me and Captain Feng to send all the accounts to the headquarters."

Zhao Hao's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this, and the strong sense of self-blame made him unable to breathe again.

Seeing his son's pale face, Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly stood up and asked with concern: "Son, don't push yourself too hard."

Zhao Hao waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and then said to Zhang Qi: "Uncle, please continue."

"I don't know what happened next. I didn't know until I heard the headquarters was on fire in the middle of the night, so I ran to check it out." Zhang Qi licked his cracked lips and said in a hoarse voice:

"Mr. Niu basically said what I saw just now. There is only one thing I can guarantee, that the fire last night was intentional arson, and it was definitely not an accident. Because if it was an accidental fire, the houses that burned would be connected. But last night, the fire started in scattered places, and there were at least four or five arson points."

"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded. Based on the stories of these two officials and Li Shizhen, he had basically figured out what happened last night.

"Nephew, I, I will be okay, right?" Zhang Qi knew it was inappropriate, but still couldn't help asking.

There's nothing shameful about this. If something happened to the governor in Kunshan, Mr. Zhao would be scared to death as well.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Zhao Hao nodded. Seeing this, Zhang Qi finally put his heart back in his stomach.

The reason why Zhang Qi was so superstitious about Zhao Hao was that he got his position as the magistrate of Shanghai thanks to Master Zhao.

At first, Zhao Hao used the connections between Yang Bo and Lu Guangzu to get his father a position as the magistrate of Wu County. But he was tricked by officials in Suzhou and transferred to Kunshan County.

Zhao Hao simply asked his father to ask Lin Run to be officially transferred to the position of magistrate of Kunshan.

Lu Guangzu saw the letter from the Yingtian governor and realized that Zhao Shouzheng had been tricked. He felt very guilty, but if Zhao Shouzheng moved again, he would become a flea, which would be a stain on his resume.

So Lu Guangzu wrote a letter to Zhao Hao, suggesting that Jin Xuezeng could be transferred to the position of magistrate of Shanghai.

In order to allow his disciples to receive better training, Master Zhao politely declined Lu Quancao's kindness.

Well, actually he is the Chongming Island where the greedy little widow...

But if you don't take advantage of an opportunity, are you still a human being? Mr. Zhao recommended two of his father's closest classmates, Zhang Xi and Zheng Yue. He said that both of them were great, and asked the Ministry of Personnel to choose one to go to Shanghai.

The result was that Zhang Qi went to Shanghai and Zheng Yue went to Huating...

This is not a buy one get one free deal. The magistrate of Huating is so pitiful.

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